Monday, Monday

Had a good weekend; caught up with some old friends, did a little shopping (I didn't buy a thing for me!...yesterday at least!) and even bought some plums, blackberries and tomatoes from a road side stand that are wonderful. While at the outlets, there is a kitchen store that offer samples of their dips; turns out my children were eating all the pretzels and the salesclerk asked them to stop....geesh...who raised these children?!

On tap for this week is to get ready for the weekend! I have the food packed, just need to tackle clothes and beach gear....

Until next time,

What a week!

VBS went good; pulled the kids out one night because it seems the late hour they get out and then they still have to get up early, they get grumpy. Bean even fell asleep at dinner one night!

Friday night I went to see the Proposal with my friends and today I got my hair done, cleaned up the house and now I'm about to watch Changeling.

Tomorrow we are meeting up with N's friend from Tech School and his wife and two kids at Cracker Barrel....love me some Sunday chicken!

Cat said something funny the other day.......she said that during her Field Day at school, her and her friends smelled each other's towels to see what their houses smells like...ours came back as beach. I guess that ok...right?

Bean wrote himself a check for $100 for lunch money....on.a.real.check! We are saving it, but man, the kids knows how to fill out a check at 6!

This week we are headed back to the dentist so Bean can get sealants...then Thursday we are off to Ocean City!

Until next time,

Catch Up

I'm borrowing this idea from her to get caught up on things.

Friday was the concert and had a blast, dinner was good, a new place and they had a good creme brulee. Saturday was shopping with my two best gals and I got what I had set out for; bathing suit and summer wear.

Sunday was church and N picked out his Father's Day present...a charcoal grill. Now we just need to get it out of my car and in the backyard!

This week is VBS or as I like to call it, no cooking dinner week for me! I got my car back with 2 new tires as well.

Next week is our weekend in OC...looking forward to catching up with old friends.

Until next time,

Not much

Not much to report this week. Just doing the same work, run errands (do you know how hard it is to find church shoes w/ an 8 year old?!), dinner, workout and bed.

Tomorrow I am looking foward to dinner here and seeing this concert on a date night with N. Should be a fun time! Then, Saturday me and my 2 best girls are off to the big city to check out a new mall (at least to us)....Southpointe. I'm on the lookout for a swimsuit (yuk) and some summer attire.

Next week is VBS on base, so I get out of cooking dinner....all week! Loves it.

Still plugging away on the Shred, I've moved to Level 2, but am getting discouraged as it feels nothing is happening...chocolate doesn't counteract exercise does it??

Until Next time,

Stress

Sunday's sermon was a good one and felt like it was just for me since I seem to sress easily and about everything....I wanted to write it down to remember it.

How Jesus taught us to Handle Stress; John 6:1-15

1. Have the people sit down (v. 10)
2. Acknowledge that God has a plan (v. 6)
3. Make a beginning (v. 8)
4. Gather up the leftovers or "learn from the experience" (v. 12)

In all the times that I have heard the story about feeding the 5,000, I have never put it together with dealing with stress.

It was a good message.

Today is dentist day! Boo Hiss....

Until Next time,

Salad....sort of

Saturday was the dog party and I brought this:




it's called Snickers Apple Salad. It's made with snickers, apples, cool whip and vanilla pudding mix. I added caramel topping on top as well when I was trying to make it pretty. It went over good at the party.....doesn't taste as good the 2nd day, but the neighbors told me they had the leftovers for breakfast!

Sunday we went to church, Sams run and swam in the neighbors pool that was a nice shade of green! We said it was organic; a little scary tho! Kids had fun and my base tan is in motion.

This week we have dentist appointments and Keith Urban on Friday....got these tickets forever a go and we have floor seats....date night for N and I. Saturday I am going shopping w/ my two friends, my goal is a new bathing suit...hopefully with my Shred workout it won't be as scary! (Still trucking a long on that...miss a couple of days, but determined to see it through). My car should be ready by Wednesday or so, Holly is getting two new tires...because really, 5 months is just way too long for a set...right??

Off to read My Sister's Keeper so I can compare it to the movie once I see it and maybe squeeze some more math practice in.

Until Next time,

Misc Pics

Got N's camera charged so I could get some pics off of it.

Up first, pics of Cat's awards, Cat and Bean and Bean's face painting (only in the South is John Deere the norm!)









This next pic is from Busch Gardens, Cat is in front and N, Me and Bean are on the ride. (We are in the black, blue and white shirts)





My car needs two 2 tires and will take 3-5 days, so we have rental for now.....man, not what I wanted to spend $$ on for sure! Today we have no plans except for the neighbor's dog birthday party......


Until Next time.

Friday

We are just going to ignore the fact that I had 2 blown tires this morning and had to get my newish car towed to the dealer all before 8 am with 2 children freakin out that they would miss roller skating/park day and move on to what I wanted to put up.

My flowers in my flower bed! I do not have a green thumb at all, so I am so proud!

My Hosta and Hydrangena are blooming and I'm so excited...both in my favorite color!

Here's to a great weekend and fingers crossed for a low tire bill!

Until Next time,

Slackin'

Its been somewhat busy here, hence no new posts (sorry, Mom!).

Let's see; Monday night was the No Doubt concert in the big city....went with our friends and had fun, one of the not so much as she got a speeding ticket, but she still had fun!










Tuesday, I went to Urgent Care to get a rash checked out and I am now on Steroids for 5 days to see if that clears it up, if not, the Dr. said it will go away....in about 6-12 weeks! I'm going to Ocean City for 4th of July and do NOT want to be all spotted leopard like. Medicine is giving me crazy dreams as well. 3 more days to go.

Wednesday was the kids' last day of school...can't believe another year has gone by. I feel like Bean is really growing up before me. For some reason, I'm noticing his little steps more than Cat. I think she just woke up and was a little person! We went to N's playoff softball game, he didn't win, but we still were glad we were able to see him play.

Today, we are just hanging out. I think I'm going to make a Coconut Pie soon. Saturday is our neighbor's dogs birthday party...also the 3 year anniversary of us meeting our awesome neighbors...don't know what we would do without them!

Side Note; We also have had ants....so that's been fun cleaning up and trying to keep them at bay.

Coming up is hair appointment, rug cleaning, Keith Urban concert, dentist, OC in July, me and my friends are checking out a shopping mall none of us has been too as well. (They of course had to twist my arm!)

It's a crazy, beautiful life!

Until Next time,

Tball, Awards and Summer

Saturday morning was Beans last game of the season...he was excited because he got to be the catcher for an inning; all the kids seem to fight over that position. He had a great time and now is asking (over and over) to play football. I still don't know about that just yet.



Friday was his awards ceremony at school. He got Honor Roll, Citizenship award, 100 book club award and First Place in Art that also had his picture published in a book of all the winners for the county. Very exciting. He also led the pledge of allegiance.





This week is the last week of school for the kids. I have Cat's awards ceremony on Monday, concert Monday night and I am still plugging away at Math. N and I are supposed to have a tutoring session today to help me learn this stuff.

We are hoping to get to Myrtle Beach soon and Ocean City for 4th of July...

Until Next time,

3rd Day

I am currently doing the 30 day Shred work out in preparation for July 4th at Ocean City....30 days to get my body is half decent shape. I've recruited 2 of my friends to do it with me and mostly to make sure I do it! I'm sore, but so far so good. I am only on Level 1 of 3, so we shall see if that holds....

I also have been taking and working on Math practice tests, I need to test out of Immediate Algebra in order for my College Algebra to count at my school...I guess I should've paid attention in middle-high school...I still don't like Math!

We have 2 more games and Bean is done with tball and maybe we can take it easy....not much on for the weekend; tball, grocery store and more math practice with my math whiz of a husband.

Until next time,

And back again...

We went to MD for the weekend because N's brother and his wife (who is expecting) came up for the weekend to attend his 10 yr reunion...and if you followed that you are better than I.

Saturday, we had breakfast at IKEA. Gotta love those .99 breakfastes (is that even a word?) and then ventured to Camden Yards to buy tickets for the Orioles v. Tigers game. Our neighbor that moved is in town interning and we were able to meet up with him and he came along to the game as well.

Sunday we went to church, saw old friends and headed back home. We are planning another trip up there in July. My car is putting on the miles for sure.

Bean has 3 tball games this week and the season is over. The kids are out of school on June 10th. My Biology class starts in August, so I am hoping for relaxing June and July. I've cleaned out all the closets in the house and even a few random cabinets. Still need to tackle the garage!

In preparation for Summer, I am starting the 30 day shred tonite....eek!

Until next time,